God's Country

8/10/15

Visited Lincoln's Home - the only one he owned apparently, and the one where he accepted the nomination for president. Had some lunch and tried some beers at Obed and Isaac's Microbrewery and Eatery - good strawberry ale and cider. Then visited the Lincoln Presidential Museum - they have some very neat exhibits including a 4-minute changing map that shows the territory changes during the Civil War. After that visited Lincoln's Tomb in Oak Ridge Cemetery before heading to St. Louis. When I got to St. Louis, I went to dinner with a friend that I hadn't seen in many years.

Back Parlor in Lincoln's House - the room where he accepted the nomination to run for president

Lincoln's desk in his bedroom - he probably wrote a lot of speeches here

Mary Lincoln's bedroom  - yup, they had separate bedrooms which apparently translated as a luxury back then

The kitchen

Lincoln's House - it started as one story, then they added an addition

Lincoln's House

Beer at Obed & Isaac's - Strawberry Ale, Blueberry Wheat, Wheat Ale, & Cider

Even Lincoln was vilified by the opposition in his day...

Lincoln's Headstone inside the tomb - it actually doesn't mark where he's buried. He's actually buried behind a wall behind where I'm standing ten feet down.

Lincoln's Tomb

Starting Point: Springfield, IL
Ending Point: St. Louis, MO
Miles Traveled: 120.4


8/11/15

Visited The Arch and went to the top. You ride up in a little pod to the top. They have a pretty good documentary that discusses how it was built - kind of amazing that it exists actually. It's apparently the 50th Anniversary since it was completed. Also visited the Old Courthouse - the same courthouse where the Dred Scott case started on April 6, 1846. Went by City Museum - cool place, especially for kids, but I felt kinda weird being there by myself...Drove across MIMAL's chest to Kansas City to sleep in a "flying bed"...we'll see if I injure myself somehow during the night or in the morning...

The Arch

Statue to Dred & Harriet Scott outside the Old Courthouse

The Arch

The little pod you ride up to the top of the Arch in

Looking east from the top of the Arch

Looking west from the top of the Arch

Looking west from the top of the Arch

Looking west from the top of the Arch

Looking east from the top of the Arch

Looking up 630 feet from under the Arch

Old Courthouse

In the rotunda of the Old Courthouse

So apparently it was Saint Louis Bread Co first & became Panera when they went national...

Robots in City Museum

Who doesn't want to see the World's Largest Underpants? (City Museum)

Apparently they have a 10-story slide in City Museum

the "flying bed"

Starting Point: St. Louis, MO
Ending Point: Kansas City, MO
Miles Traveled: 261.1


Total Miles Traveled Thus Far: 5150.8 via car, ~140.5 via boat, 0.62 via aerial tram


"I guess I came out here to see some stuff for myself. I mean, why leave the telling up to everybody else?"

~Elizabeth/Lizzi/ET/Country

**I've been using Airbnb some during this trip to find places to stay along the way. If you haven't tried it, check it out for your next trip (even internationally). Usually cheaper than a hotel...and if you have some extra space, rent it out and make some money! (https://www.airbnb.com/)**


all photos Copyright 2015 Elizabeth M. Turner